Children of Polygamous Cult Find New Homes

Hundreds of children from a polygamist sect are on their way to group homes, shelters and residences.

That's after the state seized the 437 children from the WestTexas commune of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter Day Saints.

But experts and lawyers fear these children's transition fromtheir previous environment may be much harder than it is for otherfoster children.

The children will be plunged into a culture radically differentfrom the community where they and their families shunned theoutside world as a hostile, contaminating influence on their godlyway of life.

Many of the children have seen little or no television. They'vebeen essentially home-schooled all of their lives. Most were raisedon garden-grown vegetables and twice-daily prayers with family.They frolic in long dresses and buttoned-up shirts from anothercentury.

It's unclear whether authorities suspect Rozita Swinton ofColorado Springs, Colorado, made any of the calls that triggeredthe April 3rd raid of the commune. Texas authorities have said a16-year-old girl called a crisis center claiming she was abused atthe compound. Authorities haven't found that girl but say they'vefound evidence other children were abused.

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